Deanna is an owner of The Brocker Law Firm, PA and concentrates exclusively in professional disciplinary defense and ethics counseling. Prior to reentering private practice, Deanna served as Assistant Ethics Counsel for the NC State Bar for over 10 years. She fielded thousands of telephone ethics questions and provided advice and written ethics advisory opinions to attorneys throughout the state. In addition, as former staff liaison to the Ethics Committee, she drafted proposed formal ethics opinions for consideration by the Ethics Committee. Deanna now provides ethics and compliance counseling to attorneys and assists attorneys in preparing responses to State Bar grievances.